LOS ANGELES – There was nothing wonderful about Phil Davis’ return to the octagon.

“Mr. Wonderful,” while defending a punch from UFC newcomer Wagner Prado, grazed Prado’s right eye. The accidental eye poke, and Prado’s admission to the cageside doctor that he was having trouble seeing, led to a no contest.

The light heavyweight fight was part of the preliminary card of Saturday’s UFC on FOX 4 event at Staples Center in Los Angeles. It aired on FUEL TV prior to a main card on FOX.

Davis pawed with his left hand, and his fingers pulled across Prado’s right eye. Prado quickly was given time to recover, and there was blood just under his eye as he continually worked to open and close his eyelid to try to flush out the aggravation.

Referee Luis Cobian called the doctor in to take a look. The physician asked the Brazilian if he could see, and it appeared that Prado said, or at least implied, he was seeing double. The doctor told Cobian the fight could not go on.

Prado opened his eyes to see Cobian waving his hands signaling the end of the fight and immediately yelled out in disappointment as the crowd booed the stoppage. Davis just shook his head in disbelief at what had transpired.

“I’m surprised that it turned out like this, but I haven’t really seen the replay so I don’t know what happened,” Davis said. “I don’t even know if I actually poked him in the eye for sure. It’s just very disappointing to wait so long to get in the octagon and then have this happen and start the whole waiting period over again.”

“In MMA, you’re supposed to have a clenched fist ,and Phil definitely didn’t which is why I got poked,” Prado said. “The doctor didn’t ask me if I wanted to continue fighting, he asked how I was feeling – and I said that I was seeing double. I’ve never felt more comfortable coming into a fight. It’s been my dream to come to the UFC and show the fans what I can do, win or lose. I just didn’t want it to end like this.”

Davis (9-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) Prado (7-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) was fighting for the first time since a January loss to Rashad Evans that led to a light heavyweight title shot for Evans against Jon Jones. Prado was making his UFC debut, coming in on the strength of a seven-fight win streak with six knockouts or TKOs.

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